Wind power in your backyard

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http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=69563

GOLDEN - Colorado ranks fourth nationally in wind generating capacity. However, if a company that makes back-yard wind turbines has its way, we'll soon be moving up in the rankings.

There is a way to leave the power grid and ride the air currents to lower energy bills.

A Golden resident is the first in Colorado to get one of the turbines. "Skystream" is the first device of its kind to come out of the U.S. Department of Energy's "Wind Energy Program."

When we first visited the backyard of Chuck Courtad in Golden last October, his new Skystream Wind Generator was still going together. Courtad was being asked by a lot of people about how attractive it might be.

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